Memorial and Scholarship Funds
Joselin Matkins Enduring Spirit Fund
In honor of our Executive Director and friend, we’ve set up a memorial fund to support projects that she was passionate about—private lands conservation, connecting youth and our community with nature, and protecting iconic Greater Yellowstone wildlife such as Sandhill Cranes.
Wray Landon Legacy Fund
Honoring our close friend and coworker Wray Landon IV, a memorial fund has been created to extend the conservation and stewardship work he loved. Gifts made to this fund go towards furthering the great work Wray did with the Teton Regional Land Trust.
Michael Whitfield Scholarship Fund
The Teton Regional Land Trust created this scholarship in honor of Michael B. Whitfield who helped found the organization in 1990 and served as its Executive Director for 18 years. This $1000 scholarship is awarded each year to a graduating senior within our service area.
Special Projects
Trumpeter Swan Program
Teton Regional Land Trust along with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Wyoming Wetlands Society, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the Trumpeter Swan Society, and a local family to release Trumpeter Swans onto a protected wetland in an attempt to establish breeding pairs and increased summer residency in Teton Valley and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Rod Drewien Crane Conservation Fund
Greater Yellowstone Sandhill Crane Initiative
The Rod Drewien Crane Conservation Fund is set up to honor Rod’s career-long commitment to crane conservation in the region. The Fund will support the Greater Yellowstone Sandhill Crane Initiative.
Grain for Cranes
Greater Yellowstone Sandhill Crane Initiative
We currently maintain four food plots for cranes in their prime staging ground. You can contribute directly to our food plot program by donating $350. Your $350 contribution enables us to grow, cut, and leave one acre of barley, the preferred food resource for staging Sandhills.
Special Funds
Teton Regional Land Trust Endowment Fund
The purpose of the fund is to build an endowment fund that will be able to support long-term future operations through an annual draw from the endowment. The Idaho Community Foundation (ICF) is one of more than 1,600 community foundations around the world and provides a way for people of all income levels to make a lasting difference in Idaho. ICF serves all 44 Idaho counties and helps to build and strengthen communities by bringing people together and using the power of collective giving.
Individuals, families, businesses, and other nonprofits can establish permanent or temporary charitable funds at the Idaho Community Foundation to provide support for the causes and organizations they care about most. Community foundations are recognized by the IRS as tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so gifts to community foundations are eligible for tax deductions